A few years ago I discovered this site - at the time I thought, correctly that it would be a great resource for my elementary efl students.
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SymbolWorld is a website created by Widgit Software, dedicated to people who use symbols. It has material for all ages and includes personal contributions, stories and learning materials. eLive is an on-line magazine within SymbolWorld...
SymbolWorld is designed to have clear easy navigation with large buttons for any links. It is speech enabled by the use of
Browsealouda free program "
Also worth checking out:
imaginesymbols for a downloadble set of symbol clipart that can be used for non commercial projects
Another site
ZLANGO while
not specifically for special needs could be a fun site to use - this is the blurb from the site "Zlango has created a new, inspiring icon based language which transforms web and mobile messaging into an expressive, juicy, colorful icon-based experience.
Zlango is a revolutionary, simple and practical language. It’s made up of over 200 icons divided into intuitive and memorable categories. Words, concepts or feelings can be expressed by the different icons. "
Here is a link to the
ZLANGO dictionary
Example 1 no text:
Example 2 with text: